Switch Axe
Power Rating
Power Rating: S-tier Burst, high risk and high reward.
The Switch Axe in this title is positioned as a "Transformative Counter Weapon," with performance outlined as follows:
Super Charge (Attribute Release Slash)
The damage value surpasses the Great Sword's true charge slash, and it adds a full-body invincibility effect, significantly reducing the risk of being hit during moves.
Compressed Release Slash
This move can be charged for release, and when the awakening gauge is full, it adds multiple explosions to the damage, placing its single-output capability among the top three in all weapons.
Counter Rising Slash
The new precise defense judgment for this move allows players to reduce damage and counterattack when successfully triggered, with the counter value even surpassing the Great Sword's Iaido.
Transformative Slash
This move supports 360-degree directional adjustment, and the switch from axe to sword automatically restores the slashing gauge, allowing for smoother resource management.
Introduction
The charge distance for Ax Mode has been enhanced, making it suitable for long-range pursuits. The efficiency of accumulating the Awakening Gauge in Sword Mode has doubled, reinforcing continuous pressure capabilities. Once the Awakening Gauge is full, Sword Mode attacks carry Bottle Damage effects, and Zero Release (Attribute Release Slash) can be unleashed by holding a button, reducing the operational threshold. However, this playstyle heavily relies on the cycling of the Awakening Gauge and Energy Bottles, with the GP counter judgment window being strict (only 0.2 seconds), leading beginners to easily fall into the "transformation penalty stand" dilemma.
Weapon Features
Weapon Characteristics: The fusion of transformation and counterattacks.
Ax Mode:
Focuses on long-range high-damage charges, with diagonal upward thrusts to counter attacks, making it suitable against highly mobile monsters like the Shining Thunder Dragon. Successfully countering attacks can trigger a hardening effect, allowing for a connection with RT transformation slashes or follow-ups, forming a “defense-counter-explosion” cycle.
Sword Mode:
Quick combos accumulate the Awakening Gauge, with aerial slashes charging up to 30% of the gauge per hit. Once awakened, sword attacks inflict explosive damage from attribute bottles. Successfully triggering the GP technique (Counter Rising Slash) can restore slash gauge and chain into a double slash, providing both resource management and explosive damage.
| 代碼特性 | 詳細說明 |
|---|---|
| GP技 | 成功觸發可回覆斬擊槽並派生二連斬 |
New System: Awakening Gauge and Compression Release
The Awakening Gauge enhances damage by 20% when fully charged in sword mode. The Zero Release/Compression Release adds extra explosive hits, proving highly efficient against carapace-type monsters like the Sandsea Dragon. Note that the gauge decreases over time, requiring players to maintain it through sword mode combos or GP counterattacks, adding a layer of rhythm management to the gameplay.
Compression Release Slash
Charging this move unleashes multiple penetrating hits. It can effectively tear through weak spots of long-bodied monsters (such as the Swamp Spitting Dragon), with a total damage output that surpasses the Super Release.
Basic Operations
Combo Operations
Axe Mode Combos
Sword Mode Combos
Form Switching and Special Combos
